A song is a favorite song, not because the singer can hit and hold a high note, but because of the words, their meaning.

Sometimes you see these people who are just so—God—so affected by all of it, where ambition has taken precedence over happiness. But when I meet people who really embody this serenity of knowing that they have had an amazing life—James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, and Ethel Kennedy... They just seem to be effervescent.

We leave a piece of ourselves and our magic in a person that we fall in love with.

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did.

being open isn't the same as being weak.

I started making choices based on what I wanted, and didn’t feel like I needed to justify them. If I wanted to cut my hair, I did it. If I wanted to move to New York, I did it. If I wanted to take a spontaneous road trip, I did it. At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it.

The past is the past. Don't let it kill you.